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JUNE 21, 2005...Rickie Gaunt of Torrance, Calif.
will try to land a "turkey" this Saturday at Perris (Calif.) Auto
Speedway. No, it's not a "turkey shoot," but the Valvoline USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars return to the 1/2-mile dirt track for yet another installment in the
track's 2005 calendar of racing events.
Gaunt
is riding a two-race winning streak, winning Saturday night's 30-lapper at Santa
Maria (Calif.) Speedway, and a victory would make him the SECOND driver in
series history to win three straight! DAMION GARDNER WON FOUR STRAIGHT EARLIER
THIS YEAR. GAUNT's recent successes have him listed sixth in the latest series
standings.
Defending series champion Rip Williams continues to lead the points, trailed by
12-time fast qualifier Damion Gardner and Cory Kruseman.
Gaunt
led the final 22 laps of Saturday's Santa Maria race in front of a huge crowd,
his first victory there since a "winged" win in 1991! Driving the
Smiley Crane Service/Extreme Chassis Company Chargin/Extreme, he held off
Williams, Gardner, Danny Ebberts and Davey Pombo. Charles Davis, Jr. led the
first eight laps.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
June 18, 2005 Santa Maria, California Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-13.697; 2. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-13.790; 3. Charles Davis, Jr, 8A,
Smiley-13.820; 4. Davey Pombo, 3P, Pombo-13.850; 5. Damion Gardner, 50,
Chaffin-13.867; 6. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-13.884; 7. Rickie Gaunt, 2A,
Smiley-13.887; 8. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-13.895; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18,
Kittle-13.939; 10. Jordan Hermansader, 21A, Dorathy-13.997; 11. Alan Ballard,
97, Ballard-14.102; 12. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-14.104; 13. Danny Ebberts, 77,
Acosta-14.205; 14. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-14.233; 15. Tom Stansberry, 48,
Bach-14.342; 16. Jimmy Crawford, 17C, Crawford-14.408; 17. Mike Knopf, 5K, Knopf
14.420; 18. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-14.637; 19. Dennis Rodriguez, 20,
Rowher-14.940; 20. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-15.008; 21. Thad Bennett, 77x,
Bennett-15.150.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Crawford, 2.
Ebberts. 3. Gaunt, 4. Williams, 5. Hermansader, 6. Pombo, 7. Rodriguez. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cody, 2. Gardner,
3. Knopf, 4. Ballard, 5.Kruseman, 6. Keller, 7. Argo. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2.
Sheridan, 3. Stansberry, 4. Davis, 5. Ford, 6. Kirby, 7. Bennett. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Pombo. 2. Kirby, 3.
Keller, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bennett. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Rip
Williams, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Danny Ebberts, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Alan Ballard,
7. Bobby Cody, 8. Tom Stansberry, 9. Mike Kirby, 10. Jimmy Crawford, 11. Josh
Ford, 12. Mike Knopf, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Charles Davis, Jr., 15. Dennis
Rodriguez, 16. Todd Bennett, 17. Nadine Keller, 18, Cory Kruseman, 19. Jordan
Hermansader, 20. Danny Sheridan. NT
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**Argo and Keller flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Davis, Laps 9-30 Gaunt.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Williams-945; 2-Gardner-840; 3-Kruseman-813; 4-Davis-787; 5-Kirby-781;
6-Gaunt-684; 7-Ballard-463; 8-Wilason-462; 9-Ford-461; 10-Tony Jones-447.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: June 25 Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
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